RETAILERS DON'T SEE ANY DROUGHT IN BOTTLED WATER SALES

GREENWICH, Conn. -- Poland Spring's $10.8 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit questioning the source of its bottled water is not having the ripple effect that the industry feared, retailers and others told SN.It's more like a drop in the bucket, they said."Bottled water sales are as strong as ever," said Richard Galanti, chief financial officer of Costco Wholesale, Issaquah, Wash."I don't

GREENWICH, Conn. -- Poland Spring's $10.8 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit questioning the source of its bottled water is not having the ripple effect that the industry feared, retailers and others told SN.

It's more like a drop in the bucket, they said.

"Bottled water sales are as strong as ever," said Richard Galanti, chief financial officer of Costco Wholesale, Issaquah, Wash.

"I don't know that we can comment on what the outcome of the settlement migh